WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) voted today for the federal government spending bill in the U.S. House. Over the past year, Cicilline has championed priorities important to Rhode Island, and he has advocated relentlessly with his colleagues in House Leadership and appropriators for those priorities. He successfully led the fight to increase funding for:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), who serves as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee, is calling for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify as part of a full Committee hearing on his company’s unauthorized sharing of 50 million Americans’ personal data with Cambridge Analytica.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act today to incorporate a limited safe harbor into current antitrust laws.

WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its continuing effort to fix our bridges and roads, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has targeted Route 37, which connects Cranston and Warwick, for major improvements and repairs. Today the state’s Congressional delegation joined with Governor Gina M. Raimondo in announcing $20 million in new federal funding from the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program to support and accelerate the State’s efforts.

WASHINGTON – Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.4685 to rename the United States Post Office at 515 Hope Street in Bristol, as the “First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna Jr. Post Office.” Sergeant McKenna served in the U.S. Army for 17 years, during which time he completed five tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. He was killed in August 2015 while defending Camp Integrity from a Taliban attack.

“Assault weapons were made for one purpose. They are designed to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time. They do not belong in our communities,” said Cicilline. “I am proud to introduce the Assault Weapons Ban with the support of leaders in law enforcement. It’s on all of us to end this carnage.”

PAWTUCKET – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the House sponsor of the Automatic Gunfire Prevention Act (H.R. 3947), issued the following statement today:

“Last October, a gunman in Las Vegas used semi-automatic rifles modified with bump stocks to murder 58 people. Three days later, along with 140 of my colleagues, I introduced legislation to ban the sale, possession, and production of bump stocks. Yet, the Republicans in Congress have done absolutely nothing since then to address the epidemic of gun violence in our country.”

WASHINGTON – Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01), a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committees, issued the following statement today after Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 American elections:

“Today’s indictment makes two things clear: Robert Mueller is doing his job and President Trump is putting our national security at risk.”

“I am deeply disappointed that the Republican-controlled Senate failed to advance a bipartisan proposal to protect Dreamers and strengthen border security. I'm going to continue fighting in the House to fix our broken immigration system.”

“The President created this crisis when he ended DACA. He can and should fix it by reversing his decision. These are wonderful young people who are American in every sense of the word. They only lack a piece of paper that says so.”

“If it became law, President Trump’s infrastructure plan would completely fail to rebuild our crumbling bridges, roads, and schools. What it would do is impose Trump tolls on working people, increase the strain on state and local governments, and sell out our critical infrastructure to powerful corporations.”

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline led House Democrats today in announcing a bold, new, comprehensive infrastructure plan – A Better Deal to Rebuild America. This historic $1 trillion federal investment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure is five times larger than President Trump’s rumored plan and will create more than 16 million jobs.

WASHINGTON – The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today approved passage of H.R.4685, legislation introduced by Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), and co-sponsored by Congressman Jim Langevin (RI-01), last December to rename the U.S. Post Office located at 515 Hope Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, as the “First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna Jr. Post Office.”

Washington, D.C. – Today, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and David Cicilline (D-RI) reintroduced their legislation to place a price on the carbon pollution driving global climate change and putting Americans’ health and safety at risk. The American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act, which has been updated to reflect recent changes in the tax code, would significantly lower the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions while generating substantial revenue to boost the economy and aid American workers and consumers.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) and U.S. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) are making this year’s Super Bowl a little more interesting by placing a friendly wager on the game. Following the outcome of Super Bowl LII, the loser will have to pose for a social media photo while wearing the winning team’s jersey.

“Tonight, President Trump had the opportunity to bring our country together, but instead he chose to double down on his divisive and destructive agenda – comprised of little substance or facts – that has come to define his failing Administration."